Jerry DunleavyDuring AG-nominee Bill Barr’s hearing, @BenSasse pressed him on getting answers on the decision-making within DOJ which allowed sex predator Jeffrey Epstein to essentially get away scot-free. Bill Barr promised he would. Sasse has been good on the issue.👇
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An allegation of misconduct against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick was reported to Cardinal Donald Wuerl in 2004, while the cardinal served as Bishop of Pittsburgh. Wuerl forwarded the report to the apostolic nuncio in Washington, DC, the Diocese of...

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Jerry DunleavyConfirmed: @Cardinal_Wuerl was aware of at least one allegation against Theodore McCarrick.
“An allegation of misconduct against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick was reported to Cardinal Donald Wuerl in 2004, as the cardinal served as Bishop of Pittsburgh.”
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the nation’s largest federal law enforcement agency charged with securing the nation’s borders and facilitating international travel and trade. Our top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from...

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Jerry DunleavyI see lots of discussion of drugs coming into the U.S. but little discussion of how it happens, so I pulled stats from CBP, which breaks it down by drug type & mode of seizure— Office of Field Ops (mostly ports of entry) vs. Border Patrol. Thread. (1/7)
👉cbp.gov/newsroom/stats…pic.twitter.com/xF7PQXfyfc
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Jerry Dunleavy“French Resistance hero Georges Loinger, who used his ingenuity and athletic prowess to save the lives of hundreds of Jewish children during World War II, has died at the age of 108.”
Rest In Peace, hero.🇫🇷
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Washington D.C. taxpayers are footing the bill for a $2 million light installation under bridges where sidewalks are lined with tents.

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Jerry DunleavyI can’t get over what bullshit this is. See for instance this article by Bre on the problem of homelessness in D.C.— written with meticulousness, detail, earnestness, passion, & great care. To reduce her body of work to a two word quote on Fox is pathetic.
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Thank you for contributing to the Bre Payton Scholarahip Fund. In loving memory of Bre’s beautiful light, joyful spirit, hard-working ethics, and compassionate heart. This fund will go towards college scholarships to support other young, rising...

BuzzFeed News reveals that the US is preparing to shut down a key base near Syria’s border with Jordan that some US officials have cast as a part of efforts to counter Iran.

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Jerry DunleavyNEW: The U.S. is set to shut down a special forces base at al-Tanf in Syria that’s been the subject of Russian complaints & that U.S. officials have cast as a key part of U.S. efforts not just to defeat ISIS but to counter Iranian influence in the country.
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Turkish officials detained a U.S. servicemember in connection with accusations he has links to a U.S.-based Turkish cleric the Ankara government regards as an enemy, local media reported Thursday.

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Jerry DunleavyNEW: Turkish media reports that Turkish officials detained a U.S. servicemember— Yahya Ozer— who is listed as an Army specialist with the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Syria. They accuse him of links to exiled Erdogan rival Fethullah Gulen.
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